Whangārei Hospital’s Te Kotuku maternity building is set to become fossil fuel free with its two natural gas boilers to be replaced with electric heat pumps for water heating and air conditioning. Te Kotuku opened in 2016, with 22 beds and clinical .
$4.3m for Northland DHB to expand electric vehicle fleet
14 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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Northland DHB will expand its fleet of electric vehicles with new Hyundai Konas after getting $4.3 million of government funding.
Northland DHB will expand its fleet of electric vehicles with new Hyundai Konas after getting $4.3 million of government funding.
Northern Advocate
Northland District Health Board will expand its fleet of electric vehicles (EV) and install the charging infrastructure thanks to $4.3 million of government funding.
Margriet Geesink, NDHB sustainability development manager, said over the last five years NDHB has been actively reducing its carbon emissions with a wide range of measures, including changing all diesel boilers to electric heat pumps and reducing medical gas usage to achieve the target to halve emissions in 2030.